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• LEGIBILITY PATTERN AT A CITY CENTRE OF KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA

  Ahmad Syamil Sazali, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan, Yasser Arab (School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA ),
  Boonsap Witchayangkoon (Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammasat University, THAILAND ).
  

  Disciplinary: Architecture and Town Planning.

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  DOI: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2020.213

  Keywords: Coastal heritage city; Urban Planning; Urban city design; City zoning; Mental map; Malay town; City identify.

  Abstract
  This paper seeks to determine five elements of the urban design that can be analysed in Kuala Terengganu City Centre to form a clear mental map of the urban environment and planning strategies by the government of Terengganu. A comprehensive urban trail conducted focusing on the city centre to study the urbanism elements and planning strategies by the government of Kuala Terengganu. Urban planning and community building ideas towards a better city have been taking into considerations by the authority of Kuala Terengganu in presenting the ideas of Coastal Heritage City. The strategic and pragmatic urban design approaches by the government of Terengganu by indicating the specific zoning within the city centre itself have indirectly strengthened the city development identity. The outcomes of this study prove that urban design elements play an essential role in creating a specific mental mapping in persona picturesque about Kuala Terengganu City Centre.
  

  Paper ID: 11A11I

  Cite this article:

  Sazali, A.S., Hassan, A.S., Arab, Y., Witchayangkoon, B. (2020). LEGIBILITY PATTERN AT A CITY CENTRE OF KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11(11), 11A11I, 1-14.